Новости за 31.01.2018

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island quietly released a new tourism campaign after a previous rollout turned into a fiasco , with a video that included footage from Iceland and the head-scratching tagline "Cooler & Warmer."

BOSTON (AP) - The Latest on Massachusetts Gaming Commission review of Wynn casino license (all times local):

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Glenn Close, Alison Brie, Patrick Stewart and Terry Crews will be among the presenters at the Writers Guild Awards next month.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Roger Goodell wants to see the mystery of the NFL's catch rule solved, and he's ensured that the process has begun.

CHICAGO (AP) - Six transgender inmates are suing the Illinois Department of Corrections in federal court, alleging inadequate medical care at state facilities.

February may be short on days, but it is long on celebrations: the Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day and the Super Bowl.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco's district attorney says his office will toss out or reduce thousands of criminal convictions for marijuana dating back decades, which is allowed under a 2016 ballot measure legalizing recreational use in California.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Authorities in Colombia say bandits stole a small airplane and made off with the equivalent of $610,000 dollars it was carrying.

NEW YORK - A publicist for adult film star Stormy Daniels - who has both claimed and denied a 2006 extramarital affair with Donald Trump - canceled an upcoming appearance for the performer on ABC's morning talk show "The View," the show's spokeswoman said Wednesday, just hours after Daniels demurred ...

Congress may not be big on President Trump's four-point immigration plan but those who watched his State of the Union address liked it, according to a CBS News poll.

BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker's office is defending a policy of barring reporters from meetings of an advisory commission on Latino affairs.

PHOENIX (AP) - Sunday, Feb. 4

On this date in 1903, the Salt River Valley Water Users Association was organized.

On this date in 1913, an explosion in a clothing store in the Miami business district shook the entire town, broke water mains and set off a fire.

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TOO LATE TO BED, TOO EARLY TO RISE: DISTRICT OFFICIALS NEED TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER LATER SCHOOL START TIMES FOR TEENS, Jan. 31

Penn State researchers are far from the only ones who have found that later high school start times would better serve the adolescent ...

President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night drew over 40 million viewers on the four major broadcast networks and top three cable news networks according to Nielsen Media Research. Over a fourth of those viewers chose to watch on Fox News, which drew a record-breaking 11.5 million ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit that sought to hold Twitter liable for the deaths of two U.S. contractors in Jordan three years ago in an attack for which the Islamic State group claimed responsibility.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Casinos in Las Vegas saw their revenue increase in 2017 despite a drop in visitors to the destination.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Latest on Super Bowl activities on Wednesday including NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's annual Super Bowl week news conference. (all times local):

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut woman convicted for allegedly stealing from a condo association is heading to prison for failing to pay $50,000 in restitution as part of her plea deal with prosecutors.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Prison officials in South Carolina are taking a variety of steps to combat cellphones behind bars, including paying sheriff's deputies to help.

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - A judge has again ruled a Connecticut man incompetent to stand trial for charges related to the fatal shooting of his cousin.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard says nearly 1,300 gallons of oil spilled from an oil production facility into southwest Louisiana wetlands near the areas where young endangered whooping cranes are released into the wild.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Government biologists say elk numbers in the northern part of Yellowstone National Park are at their highest level in more than a decade.

CNN political commentator Keith Boykin and Daily Beast writer and frequent MSNBC guest Sam Stein have deleted tweets calling the deadly train crash in West Virginia a "metaphor" for Republican politics.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A driver accused of intentionally striking and killing a young newlywed couple walking on a sidewalk in western Idaho has been arraigned.